Documents not ready, Plan Commission defers discussion of Wolf Point

November 27, 2012 – The Chicago Plan Commission will not consider, at least for today, the proposed development of Wolf Point in the northwest corner of the Loop. Concerned they may not have current information, 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly asked the commission to remove the proposal from today’s agenda.

In a news release on Tuesday, Reilly says documents submitted on Monday to the city do “not accurately reflect the significant changes to the proposal” that Reilly negotiated on behalf of constituents in neighborhoods near Wolf Point.

Most of the issues, says Reilly, are resolved and the proposal is “nearly completed.” The last issue to address, he says, “is clarifying exactly how the three towers will be programmed with residential units, hotel rooms, or commercial space.”

Reilly says the documents he received on Monday “also introduced a particular blend of uses never previously discussed with my office or local neighborhood groups,” though he did not elaborate.

Developers want to turn Chicago’s historic Wolf Point into a complex of three office and residential towers. Following a community meeting on May 29, Reilly worked with developers to make about 50 changes. On October 29, a decidedly more landscaped version was presented to prospective neighbors at a meeting at the Holiday Inn that overlooks Wolf Point.